Many thanks for this! Somehow I missed most of the first season, so your recap is most helpful as I catch up. I really love this show, though, as with Mad Men, cringe while hearing something not said in that era, though they seem fairly good about that. And yes, the apple bit was pretty funny. By the way, the Meryl Streep film is The French Lieutenant's Woman from the book by John Fowles.

11:32 am February 27, 2014

Snow White wrote:

Season 2 is off to a great start. I like that they're showing Elizabeth to be more vulnerable. She clearly needed Phillip to comfort her at the end. Paige should just start therapy right now. The two sleeper couples eyeballing each other's kids from afar was rather sad.

3:03 am February 28, 2014

LJ wrote:

Great first episode. Currently my favorite show on TV. Keep the recaps coming.

1:34 pm March 1, 2014

Pete wrote:

Absolutely fabulous series!

8:34 pm March 2, 2014

morality wrote:

Show is good, excellent acting and interesting storyline, but we stopped watching because of the unnecessary, illicit sex scenes. Putting fragments of every aspect of depravity doesn't make a better show. Have some sense of moral responsibility. X rated movies will fill that void and hopefully go broke doing it.

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